辦公

See also: 办公

Chinese

	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (辦公)	辦	公
simp. (办公)	办	公
anagram	公辦／公办

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ gung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phan-kûng
Eastern Min (BUC): bâing-gŭng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pān-kong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶be-kon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban⁵ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàngong
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: bàn-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banngong
  - Palladius: баньгун (banʹgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan⁶ gung¹
  - Yale: baahn gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phan-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pan gung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pan⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bâing-gŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān-kong
  - Tâi-lô: pān-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paxnkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pan²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶be-kon
  - MiniDict: be^去 kon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be-kon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²² koŋ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ban⁵ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /pan²¹⁻¹¹ kʊŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /pan²¹⁻¹¹ kən³³/

Verb

辦⫽公 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to handle official business; to work (especially in an office environment)
辦公效率／办公效率 ― bàngōng xiàolǜ ― work efficiency

辦公時間／办公时间 ― bàngōng shíjiān ― office hours
(Wu, slang, humorous) to defecate; to empty one's bowels

Usage notes

There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公／办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活／干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.

Synonyms

(to defecate):

Dialectal synonyms of 拉屎 (“to defecate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		更衣 euphemistic
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大便, 大解, 排便, 出大恭 euphemistic, 撇條 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拉屎, 解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
	Taiwan	拉屎, 大便, 便便, 上二號, 上大號
	Ulanhot	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Tongliao	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Chifeng	大便
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	拉屎
	Harbin	拉屎, 大便, 解大手兒
	Malaysia	拉屎, 大便 childish
	Singapore	拉屎, 大便
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拉屎, 解大手, 大便
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拉屎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屙屎, 解大手兒, 大便
	Wanrong	㞎屎
	Zhengzhou	屙屎
	Xi'an	㞎屎
	Xining	大便, 解大手
	Xuzhou	屙屎, 解大手, 出大恭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	㞎屎
	Bayanhot	㞎屎, 㞎手, 㞎解
	Lanzhou	㞎屎
	Ürümqi	㞎屎, 大便, 解大手, 拉㞎㞎 childish
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屙屎, 解大手
	Wuhan	屙㞎㞎, 解大手, 丟堆子 dated, slang
	Guiyang	屙屎, 解大手, 解大便, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Kunming	解大手
	Guilin	屙㞎
	Liuzhou	屙屎, 屙癟, 解大手, 解大便, 大便
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屙屎, 大解 dated, euphemistic
	Yangzhou	屙屎, 出恭, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Nantong	屙屎, 屙㞎, 大解, 解大手 euphemistic
	Hefei	屙屎
	Huanggang	解大手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙扽 dated, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish
	Hong Kong	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙大, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish, 屙臭臭 childish, 勃勃 childish, 屙勃勃 childish, 屙坺坺 childish, 屙poo poo childish, 開大 slang, 爆石 slang, 擺堆 slang
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	屙屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	屙屎
	Macau	屙屎, 大便
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	屙屎
	Foshan	屙屎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	屙屎
	Foshan (Shunde)	屙屎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屙屎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	屙屎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屙屎, 出恭, 屙茄
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屙屎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	屙屎
	Taishan	屙屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	屙屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	屙屎
	Heshan (Yayao)	屙屎
	Dongguan	屙屎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	屙屎
	Shaoguan	屙屎
	Yunfu	屙屎
	Yangjiang	屙屎
	Xinyi	屙屎
	Zhanjiang	擺堆
	Lianjiang	屙屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屙屎, 炸東京 slang
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	屙屎, 爆石, 開大, 交電費
	Singapore (Guangfu)	屙屎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	屙屎
Gan	Nanchang	屙屎, 解大手
	Lichuan	屙屎
	Pingxiang	屙屎, 解大手
Hakka	Meixian	屙屎
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	屙屎, 屙茄, 屙不 childish
	Changting	屙屎
	Yudu	屙屎
	Ruijin	屙屎
	Shicheng	屙屎
	Shangyou (Shexi)	屙屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙屎, 行通
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙屎, 行通
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙屎
	Hong Kong	屙屎
	Sabah (Longchuan)	屙屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	屙屎
	Kuching (Hepo)	屙屎
	Singkawang	屙屎
Huizhou	Jixi	屙屎
	Shexian	擦屎
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	拉屎
	Xiuning	拉屎, 拉五, 上屎缸
	Yixian	拉屎
	Qimen	屙屎
	Wuyuan	放屎, 出恭
	Fuliang	屙屎, 放屎
	Dexing	屙屎
	Shitai (Xianyu)	屙屎
Jin	Taiyuan	屙屎
	Taibus (Baochang)	屙屎
	Linhe	屙屎
	Jining	大便
	Hohhot	屙屎
	Baotou	大便
	Dongsheng	拉屎
	Haibowan	拉屎
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	拉屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拉屎, 大解, 出恭 euphemistic
	Fuqing	拉屎
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	拉屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Jinjiang	放屎
	Shishi	放屎
	Zhangzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic, 應屎 childish
	Taipei (Wanhua)	放屎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	放屎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	放屎
	Kaohsiung	放屎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	放屎
	Yilan	放屎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	放屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	放屎
	Taichung	放屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	放屎
	Tainan	放屎
	Taitung	放屎
	Hsinchu	放屎
	Penghu (Magong)	放屎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	放屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	放屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	放屎, 大便
	Chaozhou	放屎
	Shantou	放屎
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	放屎
	Jieyang	放屎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	放屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	放屎
	Leizhou	放屎
	Wenchang	放屎
	Haikou	放屎, 出恭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	放屎
Puxian Min	Putian	拉屎
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	拉屎
	Xianyou	拉屎
	Xianyou (Fengting)	拉屎
	Xianyou (Youyang)	拉屎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拉屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屙屎
Wu	Shanghai	拆惡, 惹惡, 大便, 解大溲, 上馬桶, 辦公 humorous, 跳舞 humorous, 拆惡惡 childish, 惹惡惡 childish, 大溲 dated, 大解 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	射惡
	Suzhou	拆惡, 惹惡, 拆屎, 惹屎
	Wuxi	屙屎
	Danyang	屙屎, 解手, 出恭, 屙恭
	Hangzhou	惹惡
	Ningbo	惹惡, 大便, 大解
	Wenzhou	拉惡
	Jinhua	射惡
Xiang	Changsha	屙屎, 解大手
	Loudi	屙屎, 解大手 euphemistic, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Shuangfeng	屙屎

Derived terms

辦公大樓 / 办公大楼 (bàngōng dàlóu)
辦公室 / 办公室 (bàngōngshì)
辦公會議 / 办公会议
辦公樓 / 办公楼 (bàngōnglóu)
辦公自動化 / 办公自动化 (bàngōng zìdònghuà)